Cash-carrier



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S W. BARR CASH CARRIER. No. 394,326.

Patented Dec. 11, 1888.

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CASH CARRIER.

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CASH CARRIER.

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CASH QARRIER, No. 394,326. Patented Dec. 11, 1888.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL BARR, OF MANSFIELD, OHIO.

CASH-CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 394,326, dated December11, 1888.

Application filed June 13, 1888. Serial No. 276,962. (No model.)

T0 aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL BARR, a resident of Mansfield, in the countyof Richland and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in (ash and Package Carriers; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in cash-carriers, the objectbeing to furnish a simple and convenient device for the quickattachmei'it of a carrier-receptacle to a traveling car at a station andits instant release to lower it to the handof theo])eratorby a downwardpulling movement of a cord, which also serves to elevate thepackage-receptacle from the counter to the track ready for dispatchingto another point on the track-line.

\Vhile the subject of the present invention is applicable to dilterentapparatus fol-carrying cash and packages, I prefer to use it inconnection with the two-wire apparatus peculiar to cash and packagecarriers of my invention, patents for which have already been allowed,and it will be shown and described in connection with such a preferredform of apratns.

Referring to the drawings making a part of this specification, Figure lis a side elevation of the complete mechanism employed at one end of aline or at a sending and receiving station. Fig. 2 is a top plan view ofthe rear portion of the mechanism shown in I. Fig. 3 is atop plan viewof front portion of the device shown in Fig. 1. Fig. iis a transversesection in elevation taken on the linear, Fig. I, viewed from the front.Fig. 5 is a cross-section in elevation taken on the line .xur, viewedfrom the rear side or lookin to the front. Fig. (i is a cross-section inelevation taken on the line 2 5, Fig. I. Fig. 7 is a side view, insectior, of the latch-bar for holding the goods-receptacle and connectedparts. Fig. 8 is a detached perspective view of the latch-head that isformed on the end of the s n-ing-actnated locking-slide rod. 9, ll), andI1 are views of detached parts.

A represents a depending hanger secured to an elevated fixed point inthe room where the cash and package carrier is located, and

which supports the line-wires, as well as the receiving and dispatchingmechanism at astation, and as this is duplicated at each end of atrack-line it will only be necessary to illustrate and describe onestation outfit to render clear the operation of a complete line or anextensive system consisting of a number of transportation-lines, itbeing understood that in the system now under consider" ation each lineis complete in itself and extends from a clerks station to a cashiersstand and bundle-table that is generally adjacent thereto. The lower endof the hanger is bent to form a bracket, which is bifurcated at thelower end, A, to receive between its parallel limbs the rocking bar I),pivoted at co thereto.

A depending cord, A is sccured'to the rearwardly-extcnded end a of thebar B, having a handle, attached to its lower end for accommodation ofthe operator in dispatching a car from the station, as will be furtherexplained in its order.

Below the rocking bar B a parallel tracksupporting limb, B, is hinged atZ) to the bar B, thus allowing it to swing downwardly. The front end ofthis limb and also the front end of the bar B are forked to receiveclips U, that are pivoted therein, and to which the upper and lowerline-wires, l 2, of the cartrack are secured, said wires lying in thesame vertical plane adjacent to each other.

A depending car, 1'), is made integral with the limb B, and isperforated to receive a slide-rod, B", on the forward end of which abent clip-plate, If, is attached, the loop of this clip-plate beinghooked over the limb I3 to have sliding contact therewith.

Between the clip-plate b and cart a spiral spring, B is placed upon theslide-rod B it being of such length as to exert expansive force againstthe clip-plate to hold the rod forwardly projected until the cross-pinZ) i1npinges against the ear I), as shown in Fig. 1.

The front end of the slid e-rod B is enlarged to form a sheave-head, Bwhich is slotted at Z Z 1 leaving the parallel walls 3 t 5 6 integralwith the front and rear portions of the head, and between which thegrooved sheavewheels M M are j onrnaled. (See Fig.

As before explained, the line-wires 1 2 are extended between twohangers, A, located at such points as afford the shortest direct routefrom one station tothe other, andare stretched taut, so that a pull uponthe cord (6 will spread these line-wires apart at the end of the linewhere such a draft is made upon the handle of the pendent cord named.

On the wire 1 the car that is used to transport a package and cashreceptacle from one station to the other is suspended. This car consistsof a frame, D, on which there are two pairs of grooved wheels, D D, thewheels of each pair being in the same vertical plane, the upper wheels,D being preferably made of greater diameter than the lower wheel, D";These pairs are so relatively located that each have their groovedperipheral faces nearlyin contact, a pair being placed at each end ofthe car-frame D.

On the end of the car-frame nearest the hanger A (shown on the drawings)two parallel limbs, D are downwardly projected, preferably at rightangles with the horizontal frame-piece D, considered lengthwise of saidframe, said limbs D being separated a suitable distance apart toaccommodate other parts, which will be described farther on.

At the rear end of the frame D a bifurcated portion, D is bent or curveddownwardly a short distance. This ends in a slotted enlargement, h, towhich is pivoted the latchbar H, which is curved, as shown in Figs. 1and '7, the front end having a downwardlybent hook end, f,.formed on it,said hook end of the latch bar extending beyond the depending parallellimbs D of the frame-piece D, between which this end of the latch-bar ismade to rest when it is in position to retain a basket or otherpackage-receptacle.

Two ears, 7a 75 formed on the lower side of the latch-bar H, areperforated to receive and slidingly support the locking-rod I, said rodhaving a curved body, which is rounded to be loosely embraced by thecoiled elongated spiral spring m, that bears with one end against thecar the other end being in contact with the adjustable collar 7;, whichlatter is so adjusted that a proper compression of the spiral spring onis effected. Between the collar is and ear 7c another spiral spring, m,is placed upon the lockingrod I, which exerts a spring expansive forcein a direction toward the hook end of the latch-bar H. The dependinglimbs D of the car-frame D have their adjacent inner surfaces near theirfree lower ends cut away, as shown in Fig. 9, to form a retaining-recessfor the latch-head G, which is formed on or attached to the end of therod I nearest to these limbs.

The latch-head G is shown in perspective in Fig. 8, and consists of ablock that is either perforated to be riveted on the shouldered end ofthe rod I or is made integral with it, and has laterally-proj ectingrounded lugs it, formed on the sides in line with each other. These lugsare of such a length as to allowthem to engage the inclines a out on thelower endsof themating limbs D and by upward pressure cause the springon to contract enough to allow said lugs u to enter the mating recessescut in the adjacent walls of the limbs D. As shown in Figs. 7 and 8,aproj ecting tongue, 8, made on the latch-head G, engages loosely thelongitudinal groove u, formed in the lower surface of the front end ofthe latch-bar II. lVhen the lugs u enter these recesses 0 the compressedspring m, by its release and expansion, forces the lugs against thedepending flanged walls 6, and if there is weight placed on. thelatch-bar near its center the lugs will be carried into the corners e ofthe recesses, where they will rest and hold the latch-bar securelyinterlocked with the limbs D Should it be desired to release thelatch-bar II, its hooked end f should be elevated sufficiently to carrythe lugs it up past the walls 6 on the sides of the same opposite towhere they entered at e, which movement will fully release the spiralsprings m m from compression and force, by their expansion, thelatch-head G outside of the limbs D toward the hooked end f of thelatch-bar H, and in case a weight is suspended on this latch-bar itsgravity will draw the hooked end of the bar down and force the same fromcontact with the limbs D The basket or package receptacle (not shown) isprovided with. suspension-rods 10, which are secured to the frame '10,in which the grooved pulley 10 is pivoted to revolve, said pulley beingintended to engage the curved surface of the latch-bar I1, and thussupport the basket pendent below the carframe; and in order to preventthe loaded package-receptacle from improper surging actionlongitudinally of the bar ll a locking device is provided, which I willnow describe.

On the upper surface of latch-bar H a curved upwardly-proj ecting finger,7,is formed at such a point with regard to the length of the barand frame I) that it will produce an abutment to restrain the wheel orroller 10 from rolling past the center of length of the latch-bar whenit is located 011 it.

Between the limbs D a cross-bar, 8, is introduced,which is immediatelyabove the pi"- oted end of the arm 9, that projects toward the finger 7,having its free end forked to press at two points 011 the side of thewheel 10 opposite to the finger just named, this forked end beingadapted to engage the side of the grooved wheel 10 7 Between thebifurcated portion of the frame D ahoi-izontally-projectedlatching-finger, 10, is pivotally secured, which notched at 11 to engagethe top bar, 12, of frame 10 when the basket to which this frame isattached is in position. Thus it will be seen in Fig. 1

that the wheel 11: is held from displacement at three points when itrests near the center of the latch-bar II. The latching-finger 10 issuspended by a link, 13, which is free to move 1 vertically, but holdsthe fiilger from falling below a horizontal plane.

To provide for the elevation of the package and cash receptacle from thecounter to the suspended car above the same, a pair of coiled-wiresprings, let, are attached to the top face of the sheave-head B on eachside near the rear end of the same, the set-screws i being made to bearwith their heads on the cross-bar which joins the two springsintegrally. Each spring consists of a single spiral coil, the free endsof which extend forwardly and terminate in the eyes 16, thehorizontalportions 15 of the spring-body being engaged by the depending loops J,these latter having their upper ends secured in the ears '2', thatproject from the side of the sheavehead B so as to hold them firmly andenable them to afford lateral support to the free ends of the portions15 and permit them to vibrate verti call y.

There is a loop-spring, C, secured on the projection If, formed on theforward end of the bar l3, the parallel limbs C of which spring areseparated sufticientl y to straddle the vertical arms I) of thecar-frame and hook onto the front edges at (.3 (See Fig. 1.)

The provision of the spring latching device just named is for theretention of a car at a station in close contact with the end of theprojecting forked ends 7 of the slide'rod B until it is ready fordispatch to the other end of the line, and it is evident that shock ofan abutment of the incoming car at either end of the track-line will betaken up by the yielding action of the spiral spring 1%, which. isprovided for such a purpose.

To elevate a basket or other package-receptacle from the counter to thecar and lock it in place pendent below said car, the cord is provided,which is doubled, the separate ends being passed upwardly through theeyes to of the spring-limbs l5, thence through the slots Z l of thesheave-head B engaging the top surfaces of the grooved sheave-wheels M,and thence downwardly through the slots Z1 on the other side of thesepulleys, the depending portions of the cord being of sufficient lengthto reach the counter, where they may be secured at any convenient point.

\V here the bend or doubling of the cord 0 is made below the eyes lo, ametal U-shaped short piece of pipe, I), is strung upon thecord toreceive the wear incident to the engagement of the cord-loop with thehook f of the latch-bar I], said npe-jacket being placed in the hookafter the baskethanger frame '2!" has been located on the latch-bar H.

In operation the weight of the basket, together with the suspensiondevice that loosely supports it on the latch-bar II, will be sufficientto cause it to quickly descend on the bight of the cord if the latter isslackened to permit such a descent of the basket. If a basket iselevated the latching device previously described will secure the end ofthe latch-bar between the depending limbs I) of the car-frame l), andwhen the car, with a basket or package-receptacle, reaches a clerksstation it may remain in secured position there by reason of the hookedengagement of the limbs C of the spring-latch with the frame I), and tolower it a pull on the cord 0 will release the latch-head G, so that thelatch-bar II will swing down sufficiei'ltly to allow the wheel 20 on theframe in to leave the bar and descend gently in the lowering bight ofthe cord 0 in an obvious manner. \Vhen a basket or other style ofpackage-receptacle is elevated, if this is performed rapidly, so as tocause the ends of the pipe-jacket L to impinge on the eyes 16, thespring portions 15 will prevent any obj ectionable shock of the engagedparts.

\Vhen a car is to be dispatched from either end of the line, itis onlynecessary to depress the rear end of the pivoted bar B by pulling thecord (1 01 handle a which movement will elevate the other end of the bar13, carrying the spring 0 above the car-frame D, to release its hookedengagement with it. The elevation of the forward end of the bar B willalso spread the wires 1 2 of the track, so thatapropelling impetus willbe imparted to the frame of the car by the divergement of thetrack-wires. This means of propulsion of the cars is shown inothercash-carrier devices of my invention and is not specially claimedin this case.

From the foregoing it is evident thatin the form of cash-carrier hereinpresented the car may be arrested without shock, held in place tillreleased, and its'receptaclelowered or elevated by pulling in a downwarddirection on the same cord, thus affording a simple, reliable, and veryconvenient device for the designed purpose.

Many slight changes might be made in the constructive details of thisapparatus without departure from the spirit of my invention or exceedingits scope; hence I do not wish to be restricted to the exact formsherein shown; but,

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a cash and package carrier, the combination, with a carframe, of ahinged latchbar and a movable head having projections thereon whichengage one end of the carframe for locking the free end of the latchbarto said frame.

2. In a cash and package carrier, the combination, with a car-framehaving depending limbs, of a curved latch-bar forming a track for thewheel of a cash or package receptacle and provided with a stop orabutment, the said latch-bar being hinged atone end to one dependinglimb'of the car-frame and detachably secured at its other end to anotherdepending limb of said frame, substantially as set forth.

In a cash and package carrier, the com bination, with a car-frame, of acurved latchbar hinged at one end to the frame and provided with anabutment against which the wheel of the cash or package receptaclerests,

and a movable head having projections there'- on which engage one end ofthe car-frame for locking the free end of the latch-bar to said frame,substantially as set forth.

4. In a cash and package carrier, the combination, with a car-frame, ofa hinged latch bar and a spring actuated movable head mounted on saidlatch-bar and provided with projections which engage the car-frame forlocking the free end of the latch-bar to said frame. I

5. In a cash andpackage carrier, the combination, with a car, a hingedlatch-bar, and a spring-actuated movable head mounted on said latch-barand having projectionsthereon which engage one end of the car-frame forlocking the free end of the latch-bar to said frame, of a ropeto'release, lower, and elevate the swinging end of the latch-liar,substantially as set forth.

6. I11 a cash and package carrier, the combination, with a frame havinga series of wheels arranged in pairs, of a latch-bar adapted to receivea grooved wheel carrying the package-receptacle, a movable head havingprojections thereon which engage one end of the frame for lockin g thefree end of the latchbar to said frame, and a rope adapted to elevate,release, and lower the latch-bar, substantially as set forth.

7. In a cash and package carrier, the combination, with'a car-frame, twopairs of wheels supported above the horizontal portion of the frame inthe same plane, a hinged latch-bar having a curved upwardly-projectingfinger and adapted-to be locked fast to and to be released from thecarframe, and a grooved wheel pivoted on apackage-receptacle frame, of apivoted latching-finger that hooks fast to the top of thepackage-receptacle frame andaforked pivoted arm that coacts with thepivoted latching-finger to lock the grooved wheel against the curvedupwardly-turned finger of the latch-bar, substantially as set forth.

8. In a cash and package carrier, the combination, with a car-frame anda latch-bar hinged at one'end to said frame, of a sliding rod carrying alocking-head adapted to engagethe frame for holding the free end of thelatch-bar in elevated position and springs mounted on said rod formoving the latter lengthwise, substantially as set forth;

9. The combination, with a car and a hinged latch-bar, of arope forengaging the free end of the latch-bar and a spring for normally holdingthe rope out of contact with the free end of the latch-bar.

10i The combination, with a car and a hinged latch-bar having a hook atits free end, of a rope for engaging the hook on the end of thelatch-bar and a spring for normally holding the rope out of con-tactwith the hook.

11. The combination, with a car-frame having projections, a hingedlatch-bar, and a slid ing head he ving projections adapted to beengz'tged by the proj ections on the car-frame, of a rope for engagingthe free end of the latchbar and a spring for normally holding the ropeout of contact with said latch-bar.

12. A cash and package carrier apparatus comprising the followingelements: a pivoted bar, a hinged limb carrying a spring-actuatedbuffer, a pulley mounted on the buffer, a rope or cord passing over thepulley, a car-frame having a hinged latch-bar adapted to be en'- gagedby the rope or cord, and a handle for moving the pivoted bar.

13. A cash and package carrying apparatus comprising the followingelements: a pivoted bar, a hinged limb carrying a buffer, a pulleymounted on the buffer, a rope or'cord passing over the pulley, acar-frame having a hinged latch-bar adapted to be engaged by the rope orcord, and a sliding head for locking the free end of the hingedlatch-bar to the carframe, substantially as set forth.

14. A cash and package carrying apparatus comprising the followingelements: a pivoted bar, a limb hinged to said bar and carrying abuffer, two track-Wires, a cord or rope supported 011 a bearing carriedby the buffer-rod, a car-frame, and a hinged latch-bar, the latteradapted to be engaged by the rope or cord.

15. The combination, with a car-frame and a hinged latch-bar having astop or abutment thereon, of an arm and a latching-finger pivoted to thecar-frame in positions to engage the wheel of the cash or packagereceptacle.

16. A cash and package carrying apparatus comprising the followingelements: a pivoted bar carrying a carholding device, a limb hinged tosaid bar and carrying a buffer, a rope or cord supported on a bearingcarried by the buffer-rod, and a car-frame having a hinged latch-baradapted to be engaged by the rope or cord.

17. The combination, with a frame having a latch-bar hinged at one endthereto and a movable head having projections adapted to engage theframe for locking the free end of the latchbar to the frame, of apivoted latching-finger located above the latch-bar, substantially asset forth. Y

In testimony whereof I' have signed this specification in the presenceof two subscribing witnesses.

SAMUEL W. BAR-R.

'Witnesses:

SAML. MARRIOTT, I. S. DoNNELL.

